James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1876

1 2 0 B a t t i n g A v e r a g e b . Total Timos Total Most, in Most In IhmntfB Not oat Bung nr Tun. M<i♦ oh Afcwor •Ron. A. Lyttleton(Capt.) 10 0 610 102 120 400 W. F . Forbes .................. 13 0 230 47 47 17*9 *E. W. Denison .......... 15 1 213 42 42 153 •A. Haskett-Smith.......... 10 0 159 37 37 9*9 J. Wakefield...................... 10 1 115 40 46 7*10 *K. I la rd in g ...................... 10 0 201 20 30 12*9 W . Haig-Brown.......... 10 1 20 9 9 2*2 *Hon. A. De G r e y .......... 10 0 110 35 35 11*0 K . J . Ruggles-Brise ___ 10 4 94 a22 30 15*4 II. Wh itfield ...................... 9 4 37 18 18 7*2 J. M. P o s t .......................... 7 2 45 18 18 9 0 * Signifies has left. a Signifies not out. B owling A verages . Balls Maidons Buns Wickets Wides Runs per Wicket. Hon. A Lyttleton . 90 8 41 1 2 41 W. F. Forbes........ . . . 600 42 216 22 2 9*18 E. W. Denison . . . . . . 1101 09 427 30 5 14*7 J. Wakefield ........ . . . 604 51 226 29 21 7*23 C. W. Haig-Brown . . 955 93 331 29 1 11*12 H. W h itfie ld ....... . . . 407 41 171 12 0 14*3 J. M. Post ........... . . . 137 6 63 1 0 03 E ton E leven in 1875.— *IUm. A . Lyttleton ft fine bat with commanding style, good but not over strong defence, and great punishing powers; a first rate wicket-keeper ; gave general satisfaction as captain of the eleven. W, J\ Forbes also a very fine hat, but not quite so successful during the past season as heretofore ; his hand, however, has lost none of its cunning, and we expect great things from him next year; a good field, splendid thrower and useful change bowler; captain in iS70. W. Denison much improved both with the bat and ball, generally gets runs though in a style peculiar to himself; his bowling is straight, but not difficult; a bad field. AA . Haskett-Smith a very disappointing batsman, a fair field. J. Wakefield , a fast bowler with considerable spin, promises to do execution in this depart­ ment ; improved in batting but still very uncertain; a good catch. *E „ Harding a steady bat, often made runs but seldom got a long score ; too stiff and clumsy to excel; very slow in the field. E. Rugyles-Brise, a steady bat, and a run getter, but does not promise to attain great excellence ; a slow field. H. Whitfield , very promising in every department of the game, a very good field, fair bowler, and for his size very good bat, likely to be o f great sen ice to the eleven. J . M. Post , quite first rate in the field, occa­ sionally useful as a change bowler, wTeak wuth the bat. lion . A . de Grey , a veiy good field, and fair bat. C. Haig-Brown , promises to become a good bowler, improving as a bat, but still very weak; slow in the field.